Manchester United offered chance to sign Wolves forward Pedro Neto

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Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Pedro Neto, according to 90min.

The 22-year-old is a client of Cristiano Ronaldo‘s agent Jorge Mendes and following Bruno Lage’s summer splurge, the three-time Portugal international could be one of the players sold to balance the books at Molineux.

The Black Country side have agreed a club-record £42.2m deal to sign Sporting Lisbon midfielder Matheus Nunes.

While Wolves have already signed centre-back Nathan Collins from Burnley for £20.5m and Portugal international Goncalo Guedes from Valencia for £27.5m.

Manchester United offered chance to sign Pedro Neto

The former Lazio man only returned to action in February after having a large period on the sidelines with a knee injury.

The Sun reported in March 2021 that United were considering a £50 million summer move for Neto as an alternative to Jadon Sancho.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did eventually sign Sancho from Borussia Dortmund, but Erik ten Hag wants to sign another wide forward during the summer transfer window.

The Dutchman was hoping to reunite with Brazil international Antony, but with Ten Hag’s former side Ajax putting a £70m asking price on the former Sau Paulo starlet’s shoulders, Manchester United seem unwilling to meet that valuation at this stage of the transfer window.

Prior to suffering his serious injury, Neto had scored five goals and provided six assists from 31 Premier League appearances for Wolves during the 2020-21 campaign.

The speedy and talented winger looked set to form part of Portugal’s European Championship squad before suffering injury heartbreak.

With five years left to run on his contract at Molineux, Wolves aren’t going to let Neto go cheaply despite embarking on a spending spree this summer.

But if the Midlands side do maintain their £50m stance then surely United’s efforts should remain fixated on striking an agreement with Ajax for Antony who is one of the most coveted and talented forwards in world football.

That’s no disrespect to Neto who has previously shown he’s a matchwinner on his day, but after only recently returning from a big injury, signing Wolves’ number seven would be a massive and potentially very expensive gamble for Manchester United.